- Proposed
- 2Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Amauroderma sprucei (Pat.) Torrend
- Scientific name
- Amauroderma sprucei
- Author
- (Pat.) Torrend
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Polyporales
- Family
- Ganodermataceae
- Assessment status
- Proposed
- Proposed by
- Ailton Matheus
- Comments etc.
- Tatiana Gibertoni, Ailton Matheus
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
Amauroderma sprucei is characterised by the dark pileus, whitish, homogeneous context and globose, distinctly ornamented basidiospores (8–10 μm) (Gomes-Silva et al. 2015).
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
Geographic range
The species is known in 13 countries, with 3/4 of the occurrences in Brazil.
Population and Trends
It has about 123 occurrences in 13 countries, according to GBIF.
Population Trend: Uncertain
Habitat and Ecology
Neotropical species. In Brazil, the species is recorded in three biomes: Amazon, Atlantic Forest and Cerrado.
Threats
The species have several occurrences in Brazil, being found in three Brazilian biomes. However, it is found in the Atlantic Forest, a hotspot, in the Amazon (currently being deforested at the highest rates in recent decades) and in the Cerrado (also a hotspot).
Conservation Actions
There are records in non protected areas.
Research needed
Other countries should be better surveyed for a better understanding of distribution of the species.
Use and Trade
None
Bibliography
Known distribution - countries
Regional Population and Trends
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